The temperature on April 7, 1911 was between -4.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of marriage July 6, 1935
The temperature on July 6, 1935 was between 9.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
Day of death February 26, 1967
The temperature on February 26, 1967 was between 5.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 10 » The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
July 12 » Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
September 15 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
September 20 » RMSQueen Elizabeth 2 is launched Clydebank, Scotland.
October 9 » A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
October 18 » The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
Day of burial March 1, 1967
The temperature on March 1, 1967 was between 3.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
May 8 » The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
May 27 » The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSJohn F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
June 8 » Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
September 30 » The BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched.
December 20 » A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
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